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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1949
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription prices: 1 week for 30 cents, six months for 7 dollars and 80 cents, and twelve months for 15 dollars.
Tributes flow for S Burton Heath known as the Yankee Reporter. A Lynn Massachusetts native, he filed insightful dispatches on the Far East for NEA Service. He valued travel, gardens, and his annual Income Tax Primer. He spoke on air safety and aviation, preferring to live as an air-borne citizen of the modern era.
Dr Kilgo warned against church projects fed by ice cream socials while education should avoid passive absorption. The Christian Science Monitor notes Hunter College and Columbia Broadcasting System may offer college courses by television combining lectures films and dramatizations, as a promising alternative to traditional classroom hard work.
The piece argues the United States should design a clear Asia policy, not just Europe, and proposes a military planning board to assess aid to non Communist China. It notes the Nationalist regime’s corruption and considers salvage options for parts of China or support for a Formosa exile. It warns delaying could let communism spread across Asia.
The piece recounts William A Wirt's 1934 criticisms of New Deal reforms, his Congressional testimony accusing graft and revolution, and the ridicule he faced. It links his fate to the Harold Ware communist cell and the Dies Committee efforts, noting prominent figures like Cushman Coyle and the New Deal defense.
In Washington the Florida contest between Senator Claude Pepper and Rep. George Smathers heats up as both deny campaigning while secretly staking claims to the Democratic nomination. Smathers crisscrosses the state for speeches and Pepper pursues reelection amid widening internal pressure.
An editorial closing praises Dr Albert Schweitzer alongside Einstein and Gandhi as great men marked by humility and humor. It notes Einstein’s Jewish background Gandhi’s Hindu faith Schweitzer’s German origin and asserts greatness crosses race and geography with modern life’s gadgets ignored.
A professor explains relativity with a concise everyday example. He says sitting on a hot stove for three minutes feels like three hours, while time with a loved one seems to pass in three minutes. The remark captures the subjective nature of time perception.
A newspaper fragment presents quotes from John P. Marquand warning against complacency and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr pledging to push the Fair Deal, affirming loyalty to the Democratic majority in the House. The lines reflect midcentury concerns over progress, contentment, and political resolve.
Minutes after Sally assumed office I observed personal visits from several Senators who had not previously met during this session. Reading about the latest British economic crisis provoked a strong expletive and the word cripps.
Gossip column notes Winchell party at a Staten Island mansion with 200 guests as banker Crowe serves a prison term. Mentions Rudy Vallee forecast marriage, Esme O'Brien Sarnoff at Washo Pines Lodge, Gene Tunney eyeing Connecticut race, Dorothy Kirsten moving to Chicago, Dorothy Schiff at Sun Valley divorce, Helen Hayes injured, Judy Cople dancing in Greenwich Village, Winthrop Rockefeller book, and other social and political tattle across high society venues and official circles.
A scattered column notes Kirsten Flagstad in Argentina via Evita Peron with Luis Firpo ill. Aly Khan returns Edda Ciano’s wedding gift amid Mussolini era cliques. Mexican gossip hints Diego Riveras split over a Very Young Person. Annabella tours Paris with Mons Poincet, France’s high commissioner’s son. Li Li Hua spurs Chiang Kai-shek ties while Goebbels’ former lover Lida Baarova rumored with a Vienna restaurateur. Elsa’s column exits appear in Paris Daily Mail.
The DeLingres family famed for Voice of the Turtle and Madwoman of Chaillot arrives at Easthampton for a first and last season amid snob-set chatter about theatrical connections. Mrs Buffie Harkness of a wealthy clan wins Maidstone Club golf tournament after taking up the game last Fall. The S Chaplins who sang Ann y We and Bei Mir Bist du Schoen have separated. Mrs Frances Robbins, relative of FDR, and Count Moronzow plan to start something new.
A packed crossword puzzle list with horizontal clues covering zodiac signs, numbers, and wordplay. Includes entries for milk curdler, Egyptian sun god, and various abbreviations, plus vertical clues for taking into custody and cheese types.
Jay Rutherford and Joyce may remarry while Joyce’s sister Virginia Leigh headlines Sun society. J Thomas returns from Yarrop with a Swiss bride. Mrs Hen Harjes joins fashion editing. Belmont’s September meeting offers 367000 in purses. Lake Shore Club debates a 22000 Weldh by a Briton. Stassen remains a leading presidential hope. Polly Talbot links to J Toland at Princeton Ivy Club. A Fire Island figure flaunts a mink toupee.
Report describes uncertainty in the mayor's inner circle about another run amid doctors' caution that it could be fatal. The piece lists potential interim roles for the mayor and associates including top posts with a movie firm, Eversharp, and Pepsi-Cola in South America, plus notes on films and political tensions of the time.
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger plans a quiet divorce from John Boettiger and hints at a future marriage to a famous daytime figure. Reported plans to tour Europe followed a denial of a rift by media columnist Walter Winchell. A later note mentions a possible marriage to a wealthy Phoenix socialite.
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